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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
THE STATE CONVENTION.
Apportionment of Delegates to the Sew.
eral Parishes.


eral Parishes.
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENrnAL)
Committee, J
Baton Rouge, La, Oct. o. 1887. }
The following resolutions for the guidance
OF the Democrati: party of Louisiana We're
adopted unanimously at the meeting Of the
Orleans Oct; 21, 1887, viz:
Il, That the State nominating convention
be held at the City of Baton Rouge, on Tues
day, Jan. 10, 1883.
'2. That the superintendent of representa-
to ,ach goo votes or more, based upon the
highest Delnocratlc- Conservative vote cast at
the last general electio for presidential elec-
tors or Governor of Louisiana: provided,
that i'll the parishes of st. Landry and Acadia
the apportionment shall be for st. Landry
gates.
g. The elect:cr shall be conducted by the
Democratic-Consel vative voters of the varl-
GUS parishes, under such rules and regula.
ions as may be adopted by the respective
Parish Executive Committees of the various
parishes: provided, that i'll no case shall any
delegate to such convention be appointed by
any such Executive Committee.
-: Resolved, That in order to .conciliate
the differences which may exist in the various
cratic Conservative vote therein, the. chair
man Of the State Central Committee be and
Is hereby authorized to appoint from the
members of this committee subcommittee
of three, of which the chairman OF the State
Central Committee shall be chairman, who
shall be authorized to proceed Immediately
to any parish in which dual executive COM
mittees may be organized. for the purpose Of
compromising their differences, and, failing
in this, to order under such regulations az
they may fix an election at such time as they
shall name for members Of such parish .ex-
ecutive committee; provided, that each fac
ton in such parish snail have appointed by
Committee two commissioners of election, to
be named ut their suggestion, at each polling
place, and that the judge of election At e.ch
polling place shall be selected and appointed
by such subcommittee of the State Central
Committee"
In accordance with the above resolutions
the apportionment OF delegates will be as fol.
lnlra.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
More Land Restored to the Public Do.
yGain

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Actipg Secretary
Muldrow to-day rendered "a decision rejecting
lists of selections made by the Northern Pa
ci;ic Railroad Company Of about 81. 600
acres of land in Washington Territory, on
the ground that the lands i'll question were
not included i'll the grant to that company
under the joint resolution of Congress OF
1870. The acting s,cre tary holds hat the
lands in question had been intend, d as u
grant to the Oregon Central liaiiGoad Co n
pauy, wh vh grant WAS forfeited by the act
OF Jam. 81, 1855, and tnas they now tcria u
part Of the pubGc con.siii.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
Convention of Parish superintendent of
Public Education. -

Convention of Parish superintendent of
Public Education. =;
BATON ROUGE. Oct. 2e.-The following cor
respondence will be found of interest to the
friends of educa ton:
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND A. AND M
College,
Baton Rouge. La, Oct 1s. 1887.
Hon. Warren Easton, Superintendent of Public
Education:
My Dear Sir-I observe with pleasure that
there ls to be convention of the parish sll-
city during the month of February next.
Permit me to congratulate You on the sue
cessful Inauguration of work so pregnant
with valuable results: to tender the conven-
ton through you the use of our Agricultural
Hall, and 10 place at Your command what
ever OF facilities we may possess that may in
any manner contribute to the SUCCESS Of the
meeting and the pleasure and comfort of the
members thereof.
am, most respectfully. yopr obedien. SER
want, J. W. NICHOLSON.
In reply to the above thoughtful and
courteous letter from Col. J. W. Nicholson,
the acting president Of the faculty, Hon.
Warren Easton sent the following letter:
OFFICE ot TIVE STATE SUPERINTENDENT BL1ol
Education. Btton Rouge, La, OFT. o. 1885,.
Col. J. W. Nicholson Acting President State Uni
versity and A. and NJ. College:
Dear Sir-In reply to yours of recent date
rendering the use of Agricultural Hall for
the second annual convention of parish
superintendent, which will assemble in this
city on the I'd and Sd of February. 1888.
| permit me to thank yon, in the name Of the
superintendents, for yonr kind offer, and
also for your assurance of cctive co-opera-
ton IN forwarding the OBJECTS and purposes
OF this convention. The Institution you so
worthily represent is closely allied to the
common schools, and whatever it can do to
foster and up-bnid the educational interests
OF the State will tend to the greater develop
ment OF its own useful work. Again thank
ing you, l remain, yours truly, a
a, WARREN EAsToE,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

In the exhibition at Hasre, says Nature.
here Ia an Interesting collection OF speci-
.ners of jo!soio S iinh, =. cOlie are poiso 4
JUS when eaten. others are me. ely Venom
las. AmoE tie trst are nary swlluds, a
e,iodo and may Cupes, whi, h ar.
sbund INT near the Cape OF Good iiupe. In
,,e Japan Sea l. fonnd u very p. cuiiar tetro-
Ion, which Is ST. .etunes usea as means of
,.Ic!dc. IL pr .duces Sensations like those
produced by Inorphia. and finally death.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

President ClevclaDls check for $500, Gov.
HIPS Tor $3.50, Secretary fairehi.d's Tor
receiy, i.y Oh i,man Edward Cooper, OF
the New York Democl ATTIC State Committee.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
Secretary whitney Seriously III.

LION JAsTnEMsKI, President.
O. II. TENNIsoN, Secretary.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
Gen. Gordon's Address ut Ports
mouth, q.

PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 29.-A heavy storm of
rain broke upon the city with Gen. Gordon,
which interfered with the arrangements.
The Democratic managers had made prep
arations to give him hearty reception, but,
Tho
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08
KANSAS AND MARYLAND.

OF course there Is no comparison between
Kansas and Maryland In any point of view.
There Is as much difference as there Is be-
tween day and night If the reader does
believe 1t let him pursue this paragraph
from the Clay Center Times:
From way back on the eastern shore Of
Maryland wnere Kansas dirt would sell for
$27 per ton for fertilizing purposes; where
a Kansas breeze In summer would be mis-
taken for zephyr from Para
disc; where Kansas sun In the winter
would make the natives re joice with Joy
unspeakable; where they garner their corn
in cracker boxes, and diet their hogs on
sand burrs In summer and pine roots In
winter; here three year-old steer can be
made 10 weigh 900 pounds, if fat, where the
inhabitants feed on fish, and strangers are
their chief source of revenue; where the
herring bones work through the hide of
the native until it requires the assistance of
friend with shining knife to enable one
to remove his under clothing; where the mo
squitoes burrow In the lnpermost thought
of one S soul and probe the secret intents
of the heart; where the barren sands and
miry clay conspire TO make roads all but
impossible; where they still cling to things
of the past generations, and still vote for
jackson; where the east wind thins the
natives blood and the malaria turns them
yellow, comes an exchange poking fun at
Kansas for not having peach crop for two
years and being an inferior strawberry
country Kansas has more advantages on
square foot than that country has on a
quarter section.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08
FREIGHT CHARGES SEVENTY YEARS
AGO.

An exchange says: A magazine pub
hshed In Philadelphia in 1918 gave the
following as an item of news: I'm the
course of the twelve months of 1917, 12. OOO
wagons passed the Allegheny mountains
from Philadelphia to Baltimore. each with
from four TO six horses, carrying from
thirty five to forty hundred weight. The
cost OF carriage was about s. per hundred
weight, in some cases as high as $40 to
Philsdelphia. The aggregate sum paid for
the conveyance of goods exceeded 81, 500,
600" To move ton of freight between
Pittsburg and Philadelphia, therefore, cost
not less than $40, and took probably two
weeks time. In 1886 the average amount
received by the Pennsylvania railroad for
the carriage of freight was three-quarters
Of cent per ton per mile. The distance
from Philadelphia to Pittsburg is 3S5 miles
30 that the ton which cost $40 in 1917 was
carried In 1886 for $2s7 At the former
time the working man In Philadclphia had
to pay $l4 for moving q barrel Of -four
from Pittsburg. against % cents now.
The Pittsburg consumer paid 81 freight
npon every 100 pounds Of Dry goods
brought from Philadeiphia, which 100
pounds d now hauled In two days at COS.
OF II cents
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08
THE CHARITY OF THE q. A. r.
Omaha Re2ubllcae.

Omaha RepuoiIcae.
The constitution Of the Grand Army of
the Republic requires that certain pro-
portion of the gross receipts Of each post
shall be set aside as q relief fund. From
the returns officially made to the national
headquarters 1t appears that the total
amount 90 expended for charitable pur-
poses during the fiscal year ended March
81, last, was $253, 936. The total number
Of persons relieved was 26. Cos. Of whom
Il, 6o7 were members Of the Grand Army,
while the remainder, $3.50, were either
old soldiers not members Of those depend
ent on old soldiers or deceased veterans for
support. The amount officially reported,
however. represents only fraction OF wha;
is actually devoted to charity by the organ-
ks.ion-t III Is incumbent upon comrades to
extend aid In every case OF need Thous-
ands OF such cases are never reported even
to the post. When an old soldier hears OF
a comrade In distress he gives him relief II
/, Is in his power. He doesn't stop to ask.
either. whether he Is . member OF the
Grand Army OF the Republic If he was
soldier for the union thAt b enough
Neither he nor his family must be permit
led TO suffer In his way very much more
Is devoted to charity tkan Il paid cut from
the regular charity fund. 20 that the total
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08
The FACTS OF THE CASE.

The New York Herald, in an article dis
cussiDg the labor problem, makes these
suggestions:
The best thing In this country is its large
areas of public land, and one Of the best
characteristics of the government is its
generosity In giving this land for the
honest settler to make home on. II to
the four million farmers another million
could be added from the ranks of the wage
earners we should discover an easier solu
ton of the labor problem, and the young
men who might adopt farming as a pro-
fession would find in their new life q
health. contentment and happiness which
the cruel competitions of city life will
never yield.
The trouble Is that the young men who
are brought up on farms. and are fitted for
becoming farmers on their own account,
too often become dissatisfied and drift irto
the cities, while city bred young men who
attempt farming. instead of finding health
and contentment. find Encouragement and
failure because they know nothing about
what they are undertaking. The idea,
which the writer In the Herald seems to
share that anyone can make a successful
farmer, is very mistaken one, and has led
a good many young men into trouble.
There is no profession in which there is
more real contentment found than farming.
but 1t takes years of education to become
successful; and this Is fact which a good
many people learn by experience to their
sorrow
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08

In view of the probable defeat of Mr..
Carlisle for speaker of the fftieth congress,
growing out of the contest for bis seat by
his rival. Thobe, the name misrepresentation
Mills. of Texas, is being used in connec
hon with that position. But the elevation
Il Mr.. Mills or of anybody else will depend
upon Mr.. Randalls wishes In the matter.
That gentleman, 1t Is presumed, does not
want to be speaker himself, even If 1t were
trubable that he could be elected; but while
this Is the case Mr.. Randall will not be a
Silent spectator to the contest, and in order
10 place himself where he can do the most
good In maintaining his peculiar ideas and
theories, some Of which by the way are not
90 bad, be will have say in filling the
speakers chair and in the naming of the
heads of certain committees. Sam Ran
dali Is the most sdroit manipulation on the
Democratic side of the house and his
strength is greatly increased by the reduced
Democratic majority in the iftieth con-
Syess.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08
A REAL THRIFTY FARMER.

The Breeders Gazette believes in stock
Investigation as much as 1t does In
diversity of agricultural products: Gas
with farm crops so with farm animals. we
believe the greatest advantage will be
found In maintaining several kinds instead
of giving the principal attention to single
one. Not only can the food products OF
the farm be put to more profitable use and
portions which might otherwise be wasted
where only one kind of live stock is kept
fully utilized when there are several kinds
of stock. but 1t does not often, If ever, occur
that all of them are low in price at the same
time. So that in periods of depression the
farmer who keeps all descriptionsOf stock is
very largely protected from the effects of
the drop The present low prices of cat
tie have not been accompanied by the
slightest disturbance in the value of good
horses; sheep have experience less decline
than cattle, and hogs have even been high
er In price.
The thrifty farmer is both stock raiser
and grain grower, and he is as perfectly
protected from disaster as any one can
well be. Lightning doesn't strike all
around at the same time. Of course. the
Gazette does not mean by "all kinds" of
stock, good and bad 1t means cattle,
horses, sheep and hogs. To this should be
added poultry. Nothing is more profitable
in small way than poultry. The farmer
W no has all these guards against adversely
may sleep in peace.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08
a HEROINE, INDEED.

A miserable brute in Minneapolis,
named Murray, took advantage OF the limo
cence of young girl who came in from
the country to secure work, and taking her
to room In a disreputable house, en-
deavored to outrage her. She struggled
with the fiend until, finding her strength
giving out, she told him if he would re-
lease his grasp upon her she would yield to
his wishes. He complied, and she instant
ly sprang from the bed onto which he had
forced her, through window In the room
to the ground, eighteen feet below. A
local paper in speaking of the occurrence
says the girl was terribly injured, but will
survive. Her assailant was arrested, and
If he escapes lynching, will go to the pen
itentiary. Miss Sylvester's story was told
In the Tribune of that city, and the next
days mails brought contributions for her
benefit amounting in the aggregate to over
$500 with many letters Of approximation.
The crime Of assault upon young women
is becoming one of truly alarming frequency
all over the country. The cause for the
increase is the insuficiency of the penalty
provided by law and the fact that the vict-
inns are generally poor and strangers In the
city where the crime is committed, and
frequently where their ruin is accomplished
they are afraid or ashamed to tell the story.
The punishment for this crime should be
made death. Surely it is no less fearful
crime In all its consequences than murder,
and the brute who Is guilty Of is unfit to
live.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08

The Kansas Equal Suffrage association
will hold their annual state convention in
Newton, October Is, IA and Is. The fol
lowing speakers from abroad are announc-
ed: Miss Susan B. Anthony, Rochester,
N. Y; Miss Rachel G.. Foster, Philadel-
phia; Rev. Anna 81. Shaw, of Boston, as.
sociate superintendent and lecturer of fran
chise department of the National Women's
Christian Temperance union; also all off,
GERS of the State Equal Suffrage associa-
ton, and delegates from all local organiza-
lions In the state.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08

1t Is stated Gen. Crook, since he came
upon the scene and assumed charge of
Affairs out where the recent Indian troubles
occurred has orderd that sufficient military
force be stationed on the border to prevent
future encroachment on the Indian reser-
ysttons by the whites, and vice versa, and
that the Indians are to be reimbursed for
" hatever loss they sustained by reason of
the conflict with the cowboys. If Gen.
Crook, or some other equally cool and
levelheaded military commander had been
near the scene of the disturbance It never
would have occurred. Since it took place
the wisest thing that could be done was to
turn the whole matter over into the hands
where 1t properly belongs. Trouble with
Me Indians rarely ever occurs where they
are protected from encroachments and
other wrongs at the hands If irresponsible
white men by the presence of u S. troops.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08

The Chinese question on the Pacific
coast is vertible nightmare to the citizens
of that section. What to do with the OBJ
noxious MoDgolians Is a matter that still
puzzles them and seems as far from salts
factory solution as it ever was Recently
the authorities at Los Angeles undertook
to get rid of the Chinese with whom that
place had become infested by colonizing
them on plat of ground adjacent to the
city, but the people in the vicinity gathered
In force to meet the owners and officials,
and the opposition was so stormy and the
language of the people so plain that the
owners had to promise not to locate the
Chinese there, and the councilmen were
virtually driven from the place.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08
aatu Eagle ghmrsaaB aaaruup September s. 1857

Editor McLennon. of the Topeka Jour
nal Is perplexed at the discrepancy between
the treatment accorded anarchists in that
CITY and Chicago. In the latter city they
are arraigned before the courts and prose
cuted, while in Topeka the anarchists are
the prosecutors. However, we apprehend
Mr.. McLennon, against whom the libel
suit was instituted by Clemens, the anar.
chist, will not lie awake nights In dread of
the outcome of the suit.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08
One of our state exchanges tina, seems

One of our state exchanges that seems TO
BE stack on Wichita makes the sentent;ous
. nnounct ment that Wichita goes to Fort
Scott for brick" Suppose she does. 1t
DO nj signify that she makes no brick at
homo, for she does, millions of them and
good ones; nor that she uses Fort Scott
brick because they are cheap, for 1t lie quail
- she Is after as well.as quantity. Fact is
Wichita uses brick. and lots of them, from
. good many places and still numbers and
n umbers of building enterprises are retard-
cd because brick and other materials cannot
b procured in sufficient quantities to keep
The work moving along uninterruptedly.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08

People who want land can be accom-
modated for while yet. There are still
8 600. 900 acres of public land In Colorado,
IL, 600, 600 In Arizona, 30, 00O, OGO in Cali
fornia, $4,000 in Dakota, 1000, 900 In
Florida, A, 600, 900 In Idaho, 1000. 900 in
Minnesota, al ,00O, 900 in Utah, 20, 600, 900
in Washington territory, and some millions
Of acres in other states and territories. -
Tucson Star.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08

There is very mad trio in New York
state today. Sylvanus 81. Sweet is mad at
Henry George because the United Labor
party nominated him for state surveyor;
Henry George is mad at John Swinton be-
cause the socialists are going to nominate
him for secretary of state, and John
Swinton is mad at Henry George because
George is going to run for that office. In
view of this very interesting state of affairs
as pertains to that following the Globe
Democrat adds the pertinent remark that
If Sweet now gets the Democratic nonina-
ton, this triangular contest will be well
worth watching.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08

The invitation sent to Mrs. Cleveland by
officials and prominent citizens of New
York city to attend demonstration to be
IA ade in that city in honor of Its flremen
and present number of flags to the or
CARNATIONS on that occasion was but an
Their evidence of the popular esteem In
which that lady is held throughout the
land, and the courteous manner in which
she declined the invitation, and the reason
she gave for such declination Is but an
o ther evidence of the superior womanly
qualities which have made her so popular.
She has keen appreciation of the respon-
sibiliiy of the position she occupies, both
rs q wife and the first lady of the land, and
she has too much good sense to compromise
4 by even manifesting a willingness to
accept never SO high honor which might be
construed as impiDging upon her husbands
credit. People who wish to snub the pres
ident will have to find other methods of
doing It,
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08

1t would be interesting to know what
that bluff old Indian fighter said to the
brsgadocio Colorado brigadier who inform
ed him that bis militia had killed more
Indians In three days than Crook had in his
whole Arizona campaign with the United
States government to back him, and If he
ha kept away five days longer Colorado
~ ould never be bothered again by the
u tes." General Crook might have replied
{ hat he never forced peaceful Indians into
h ostilities, and never used flag of truce
for the purpose of arranging an ambus-
sde. This whole affair of the Colorado
ettlers against Colorow's band has been
d isgnceful 10 American civilization.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-08
KANSAS KINKS.

Commissioner Gilman of the govern
ment department of agriculture, visited the
sugar works yesterday and was exceedingly
gTatifed with the result of the manufacto-
ry.-Fort Scott Monitor.
The season for prairie schooners" has
arrived; they are passing through town
every day now, filled with families eager
for home In this wonderful land away
out in the west. "-Larned Chronescope.
The celebrated rebel guerrilla Quantrell
taught school at one time In the vicinity of
Lane A Mr.. Clark, living near that town
has some facts In his possession which
prove conclusively. in his own mind at
least, that Quantrell is alive at the present
time. Register.
The grand commander of the Select
Knights A. o. U. W, has issued official no
tice of the meeting of the Grand Legion
here at Fort Scott on Tuesday October II,
1887. He also announces the prize to be
given to the best drilled legion; first prize,
5000; second prize, $100-Monitor
All Kansas rejoices with us today, In the
fact that sugar making In our great state Is
a success. That is now demonstrated be-
yond doubt. The Parkinson sugar
works Of this city is now turning out 10 900
pounds of sugar per day, valued at 5000
In quality 1t is very excellent light brown
C.-Fort Scott Tribune.
An emigrant passed through town going
west this morning, well fixed for farming.
Besides the necessary farming parapherna
liza he had few hens, three turkeys. several
guinea hens. two pigs. half dozen ducks.
goose or two, box of cats, five children
and eight dogs. He remarked that he had
started with wife but she died on the way.
Garden City Herald.
Yesterday Andy Jones, one of the prison.
ers who escaped from jail Friday night,
was captured at Cedar Vale, and today
three others were taken in At 3 o'clock
this afternoon Deputy Sheriff Tom Harrod
received dispatch from Sheriff McIutire
stating that he had Tom Madden, L. c.
Burke and Otis NJ. Roberts at Beaumont,
and would be home with them on the
Frisco train south. This leaves but three
of the seven, and one of the officers is
hot on the trail of two of Winfield
Telegram.
As John A Eaton's family carriage was
driving up from the fair grounds on West
Ninth avenue the team became frightened
at the cars Young McAllister who was
driving jumped and tried to hold the team
He was trampled under the hoofs of the
horses and badly hurt. The team got
away, wrecked the carriage and Mrs.
Ballet was very seriously hurt. Mrs
Eaton was also badly injured, as were the
children of each. The carriage was turned
down steep enbankment and dragged
over the occupants. Five persons In all
are very seriously injured. Winfield Tele
gram.